Embedded and Real-Time Java Systems

Grab your wellies, it's time to visit the farm! Meet the farmer, milk the cows, splash in the mud with the pigs, and search for the eggs. Spot many of your favourite farmyard animals. With cut-outs so

學習 Android 程式設計一直困擾許多初學者, 其原因有三。首先, 你必須會使用 Java 程式語言, 並且要懂 Android 的 XML, 然後才開始學習 Android 的程式設計。在學習的過程裡又常見到一些程式設計老手所使用的行話與習慣, 對於一個初學者而言, 常會苦思不得其解, 導致在學習的路上產生挫折、困頓。有鑑於此, 本書針對 Android 的初學者安排一套學習流程, 期望降低

***2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner***In this powerful and timely book, one of the most admired and authoritative religious leaders of our time tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism and

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.“For a time I believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that I stood there alone, the last man

"A dreamer? Me? Err, You bet, The world's greatest space cadet!" Join poet James Carter on a journey through space and time: meet everyone from a Viking warrior to a crazed cat - and travel from plane

It's Eddie's birthday and he's looking forward to a birthday party filled with fun, games and... dragons? Ziggy and Arthur are the unexpected guests, but their idea of a good time involves eating ever

A two-in-one Mercer Mayer collection featuring the classics Just My Friend and Me and Just My Puppy and Me, now available for the very first time! Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter is spending time w

Zzzzz! Harvey, Jinja and Jack have fallen asleep and now it's time to wake them up! Help the Sago Mini characters wake up in this interactive lift-the-flap book. Perfect for shared reading or alone-ti

Dear Gazelle,For some time now I have wanted to write a letter to say how much I admire you. You are so graceful and fine. Even when you are running from tigers you are like a ballerina who is running

Learn the essential skills to start your own engineering journey with this fun and engaging title. Packed full of great illustrations, fun facts, and absorbing activities, this book guides readers through each strand of engineering science – Mechanics, Aerospace, Robotics, Energy, and Materials. Practical projects, each carefully designed to introduce skills of the sort required by real-life engineers, help kids pick up the basics in a fun, hands-on way. Design a robot, learn how to construct a simple car, create your own levers and pulleys, and build paper planes, plus many other educational and inspirational activities – the sky’s the limit!

Today my daddy said to me, "It's time you learnt to peck a tree."Little Woodpecker has just learnt how to peck and - ooh! yippee! - what fun it is! Off he goes, on his first big pecking adventure, and

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Emily Alder, Lecturer in Literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University 'Each time I dip a living creature into the bath of burning pain, I say: this time I

Presenting a global and interdisciplinary approach to plant ecology, this much-awaited new edition of the book Plants and Vegetation integrates classical themes with the latest ideas, models, and data. Keddy draws on extensive teaching experience to bring the field to life, guiding students through essential concepts with numerous real-world examples and full-colour illustrations throughout. The chapters begin by presenting the wider picture of the origin of plants and their impact on the Earth, before exploring the search for global patterns in plants and vegetation. Chapters on resources, stress, competition, herbivory, and mutualism explore causation, and a concluding chapter on conservation addresses the concern that one-third of all plant species are at risk of extinction. The scope of this edition is broadened further by a new chapter on population ecology, along with extensive examples including South African deserts, the Guyana Highlands of South America, Himalayan forests and

New edition of the successful communication-focused course that builds young adult and adult learners‘ confidence to use English and communicate in everyday situations.Breakthrough Plus 2nd edition contains up-to-date content, a fresh design, and a digital version of the Student's Book. This new edition is a truly blended, flexible, content-rich course, which covers high-interest themes in a thorough but accessible way.● NEW: Student's Resource Center, and page-faithful Digital Student's Book with integrated audio and video, extra practice, and over 150 interactive activities with score reports● NEW: Additional video material, including conversations, interactive real life exchanges, and interviews with viewing skills tasks● NEW: Presentation skills with practical guidance on how to present successfully in English● Broad, international, cross-cultural themes● Authentic natural language presented and practiced through clear, contextualized, and achievable tasks● Genuine flexibility and fo

Conceived as a starting point for those coming to Buddhism for the first time, The Core Teachings is a guided tour of the most essential aspects of Buddhist wisdom and how they can be applied in our o

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Set the stage for your child to soar with these just-right books that teach the first 25 sight words! The books' real-world topics with predicable text are super-engaging to make mastering these must-

Set the stage for your child to soar with these just-right books that teach the first 25 sight words! The books' real-world topics with predicable text are super-engaging to make mastering these must-

Book 4 in a fresh, funny chapter book series, told in a series of emails, about a boy named Eddie and two naughty pet dragons!Eddie is dragonsitting again, this time on Uncle Morton's island! As if th

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A follow-up to the best-selling The Storm Whale, winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize in association with the Evening Standard. It’s winter time and Noi’s island is covered in a blank

A follow-up to the best-selling The Storm Whale, winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize in association with the Evening Standard. It’s winter time and Noi’s island is covered in a blank

A new creative and meditative pasttime, featuring 12 iconic paintings rendered in low-poly style. Recreate works from Michelangelo, Leonardo and Renoir, one sticker at a time!

Young readers can create 10 bright and playful low-poly artworks featuring favorite zoo animals, one sticker at a time. The boredom-busting fun of coloring meets the joy of paint by number and the fun

Throughout history, human societies have been organized preeminently as territories—politically bounded regions whose borders define the jurisdiction of laws and the movement of peoples. At a time whe

For over 30 years the original Ghostbusters movie has been giving fans of all ages laugh-out-loud thrills and chills. Now, for the first time ever, boys and girls ages 3 to 7 can enjoy the classic Gho

A classic underdog story that's up-in-the-air, by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Steve Breen.By the time she's two years old, Violet Van Winkle can fix nearly any appliance in th

It's time for a field trip! Fly Guy and Buzz are going to a weather station to learn all about weather. With straightforward text, humorous asides, and kid-friendly full-bleed photographs throughout,

Abigail dreads swimming lessons. Every time she dives into the pool, she makes a big splash, and all the girls in her class shout: Abigail’s a whale!” Abigail can see that she is larger than the other

What happens when the sun goes down? Watch one town from sunrise to sunset and beyond in this beautiful wordless book. Children can expand their knowledge of time and daily routines in this eye-openin

Serial entrepreneur and journalist Shane Snow delves into the reasons why some people and organizations are able to achieve incredible things in implausibly short time frames, showing how each of us c

Ever since the magic mirror erased his memory, my brother, Jonah, doesn't believe that we really visit different fairy tales. So it's a relief when the mirror sucks us into a story -- and this time, i

Ever since the magic mirror erased his memory, my brother, Jonah, doesn't believe that we really visit different fairy tales. So it's a relief when the mirror sucks us into a story -- and this time, i

In this follow-up to Guess Who, Haiku, spooky poems hint at the critter hiding on the next page Bestselling illustrator Bob Shea and poet Deanna Caswell are back, this time with a haiku book filled wi

New, repackaged audio editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series, read by Stephen Fry containing 17 CDs with a total running time of 20 hours and 55 minutes. W

New, repackaged audio editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series, read by Stephen Fry containing 17 CDs with a total running time of 20 hours and 45 minutes. W

The six little ninjas of Dojo Daycare and Dojo Daytrip are back for a third adventurethis time, planning a surprise birthday party for their master. Stealthy as ever, the ninja girls and ninja boys ti

In Nell and Freddie's second adventure, it's Hamish the hamster to the rescue!Freddie Spoon is having a birthday party for the FIRST TIME EVER. Nell can't wait to go, until she realises that she's als

In his three decades of recording, Prince had nearly thirty albums hit the Billboard Top 100. He is the only artist since the Beatles to have a number-one song, movie, and single at the same time. Pri

Build reading skills and increase in your student's ability to recognize sight words instantly with 180 Days of High-Frequency Words. Even if you do not have time for vocabulary instruction, this seri